Good governance - both by public institutions and by private business - is considered one of the building blocks upon which economic success is based. Hence the efforts undertaken by many international and national organisations and bodies to improve governance, especially by enacting rules,...

This article is the Belgian report concerning rating agencies to the 2006 Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law to be held in Utrecht. After describing credit rating practices in Belgium, the report considers the extent to which Belgian regulation requires, or relies upon,...

The EU financial regulatory and supervisory scheme has recently been substantially changed. Several new directives both in securities and banking - followed soon by insurance - will overhaul regulation in the EU. At the same time work is being done in the regulatory and supervisory architecture....

Now that most of the regulatory measures have been taken to implement the Financial Services Action Plan, attention is drawn to the implementation of the numerous directives and regulations that have been enacted. New techniques leading to more regulatory convergence are being developed. The...

Corporate governance is a subject matter that is keeping governments, regulators, business men, academics and many other parties busy all over Europe. Many reports have been published, and recommendations for better governance published. In Belgium, there are specific governance issues:...

The purpose of this contribution is to outline elements of the structure of large business corporations in Europe, mainly on the European continent. The first part deals with the overall characteristics of the factual structure of the corporate world in Western Europe. Differences in legal form...

As a consequence of Brexit, the European Banking Authority will have to leave London. This prospect raises a number of questions: where to go? There are plenty of candidates. What criteria for a relocation decision: efficiency would point to locate EBA close to the other parties involved in...

The consequences of the Brexit vote will be felt throughout the legal systems, both in the UK and in the EU. The legal consequences of the Brexit decision and the process which will lead to the withdrawal of the UK, raises numerous questions many of which are in the process of being analysed,...

On the basis of an analysis of the objectives of financial regulation, this paper analyses the extent to which these principles are implemented in the European Union, considering the specific legal structure of its financial regulation and the implementation by national competent authorities....

Currently, the Council of the European Union is negotiating the European Commission's recent proposal on cross-border mobility. This paper provides an overall assessment based on the proposal's central pillars: freedom of establishment and protection of the interests of creditors, shareholders,...